5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (27+ words) africanews.com Ethiopia: Authorities in Tigray accuse Addis Ababa of drone strike near Mekelle...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (403+ words) Dozens of journalists protested in Tunisia on Tuesday over the arrest of a reporter on money-laundering charges, accusations his lawyer said were unfounded. Mohamed Yousfi, editor-in-chief of the Alqatiba website, was detained on Friday when he arrived for a radio…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (208+ words) Days of rescue efforts ended in tragedy on Saturday after Algerian emergency workers recovered the body of a young boy trapped in a well. Ten-year-old Ayoub Hadaf fell into the dry well at a farm in Ghassoul, in El Bayadh…...

2+ week, 43+ min ago   (328+ words) Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered the introduction of the death penalty for deliberately setting forest fires after a recent wave of blazes killed 12 people. The move comes as authorities investigate fires that erupted across several eastern provinces. Tebboune issued…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (442+ words) Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has ordered security forces to track down gunmen accused of killing dozens of people and abducting residents from four villages in Niger state. The attacks took place last Friday in the remote Borgu area, near Nigeria's…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (135+ words) Four suspects in the killing of former world champion boxer Zolani Tete were arrested, South African police said Monday. Tete was in his car outside his home last week when men wearing balaclavas opened fire, police said. A woman who…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (99+ words) More about laboratory africanews.com Please select your experience Eyewitnessess describe moments before deadly Kenya helicopter crash Algerian police seize 33 kg of cocaine in major drug bust China-Africa media cooperation: Building skills for the AI era French presidential hopeful Philippe…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (145+ words) Algerian police released video on Thursday reportedly showing the results of a major drug bust. Police said they seized some 33 kilos of cocaine and more than 10 million capsules of the psychotropic substance pregabalin. Used to treat epilepsy, pregabalin has euphoric…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (172+ words) Prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo have requested 15-years of hard labour for former justice minister Constant Mutamba and his co-defendant Chançard Bolukola. They accuse Mutamba of being the mastermind behind the fraudulent disbursement of some $20 million from the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (451+ words) Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and related offences in an investigation into an alleged transnational narcotics network. She was detained while attempting to leave the country, marking a major development in Liberia’s…...